New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-29
O,NEIL VOTED FOR THE BRIBE
prrrFy AND WAITE TESTIFY AGAIN.


DUFFY AND WAITE TESTIFY again.
nm FORMER TELLS HOW MUCH HE GOT FROM THE
,,,u-xrorrprn.sr ROAD-THR DEFENCE BE-
GUN.
she trial OF Alderman John ONei one Of the poodle
sA,teen was resumed at 045 o'clock yesterday morning
Michael Duffy the prisoners accomplish took the stand
IA repested the evidence that he had given In the as
~ McOuade He said that he lived at No 1924 Lexng-
Aou-aye He had lived In New for fortyeght years
and had family He was builder and had been al
Alderman three times from the XXllid Assembly DIS
hict During 1884 he generally attended meetings Vi
Che Board He remembered an informal meeting OF SONIC
members Of the Board after regular meeting ABOUT o
time when the General Surface Railroad act passed INC
IAetslature There were about eight members present.
De Lacy told him to wait and talk over some n"a
he did not remember whether not the defendant
present 1t was decided to meet at Fuigran ''o'0 "
Fulton st. a few days later. He continued
We did meet There thirteen men presenS srias Nc
Sns,s JssnDs and S bay MGG was ser
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Mr BrOoke-I object Let MIN sa' "nA' "'' 'A "A'
and De Lacy d pGst vote 81 su t. .p
forming so%ne . Ist sas %nuis @s
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S a map offered $1,000 na
e SSS and IN ea ssl 5asns favored the
wa: e:s c % ana secs in the srOawa
offer
We met again about Mclaughlin let me in The
a aSy hold ~
.ia that Re nS gSSs sn nil S s S for him
ne R GsISss @s By the
Me as another meeting at
buy ;c lake s .:
there would he money pay o tine s1s5a Wees Sa.se TIE bill
ON cross examination Duffy repeated his test,mony
about the promise OF immunity made TO MIN py Mr. ''
and Mr. Brooke moved To- strike out all the witnesses eV
dence because given while in duress and under
threat and promise. The Judge overruled the NOTION
Then Duffy was asked If he had received any brides
while an Alderman except in the case OF the Broadway
company
ON What casesi AIN the case Of the Thirtyfourth
%nsn ~ ySn ssS
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Y judge Barrett-You mnss answer
dane much I'D FnsT.n get, A-sl,ooo or $4,000
MhS ssysi Z, e him him ss A IN s IA s.oooo
MSs. mnSn Sd yS You SC 70 make Al
Sush sSS so the money you broes ANO
cir wish had. spent it,
Duffy was badgered by Mr. Brooke for about an hour
hut he did not weaken at ali and not seriously mixed
mn. Then exAlderman Waite was called He testified
that he was member of the Board Of Aldermen for four
years and that he knew 0NeL He was memner 81
He frequently visited the offices of the Broadway oo
pany and its counsel scribner Bright and ne c
mond and the lawyers When the petit came before
The Board II ssSeS re r 70 e the petition aVorac
report furnished the committee by some one oue
de q the os seC Of seSner Bright Waite told
the secret meeting of the Board on August 80 ,,eo,
that he knew Messrs Richmond and Bright He was re-
I,t. Ito affaC spft
succeeded and obtained adsconnuance and release upon
Hugh NJ Hill was new witness He is photographer
and had taken photograph OF Mclaughiins house ana
identified the picture that he had made.
proyed that tine picture faithful represents
ton of the houses in the block as they stood in ISL
She was then McLaughlins next-door neghbor, and
Katie Metz her servant Katie succeeded Mrs Mas
sey on stand and repeated her testimony given at the
trial Of MeQuade about the men whom she saw eVe and
times IN tn OF lss gog ana e1 o pcu n
She identified McQuade Cleary Fullgraf and Dempsey
Q-Do you remember any now IN COURT A-That man
fpointing to O'NeD. Oh he's dodging now
ONei stopped lodging and she completed the identit
cation When asked to find ceaIy. he stopped down
behind friend stand up, MI Cleary called out MT
EcolI brother of Cleary stood up Katie said: That's
not but there he sits alongside OF inc man stand
ing" Mr. Brooke examined Katie Tor two nouI Win Te
utmost minueness but she held fast 10 her story Inc
remainder of afternoon consumed in supplying
the records with technical proofs.
The first part OF the evening session was occupied WIN
the examination of Clerk Twomey and the Introduction OF
the same documentary evi of the transactions N
the Board OF Aldermen az was produced III le eSses Vi
pOtonous exercise by introducing the minutes OF the
Board Aldermen in regard TO granting the charteI 70
the FortysccOnd street ne TO show by thelr action Ill
that matter that combine existed ana pursued
consistent of mafeasance all through ms was
10 by the and Judge Barrett sustained
the objection. defence then crossexanlned CLERK
Twomey without accomplishing amy thing.
The then called Osborne t. Bright counsel
for the Broadway surface Railroad III 1854 whose evil
dence was substantially the what he gave III the
GcQuade case. ,s
This closed for the prosecution and the defence
made motion dismissal, supported by an ingenious
argument by Lawyer Brooke that the confession Oh u
graf aud I'm open court that they were peJurcrs
ShOrld considered the equivalent OF a conviction FOL
perjury; and therefore. because one Convicted
Of perjury Is competent witness, the eNl
dcnce OF Fu,lgraf and Dufy should not DC received
Judge Barrett OVerrIed the Objection
The defence argued for dismissal on the grount
that IL prosecution shonId DC heiu 10 nav
proved that the Aldermen agreed TO receive pride
sided agreement Of that kind was not su1clent ahC
that the prosecution must prove an agreement WIN some
outside who 10 give the BRIDE his was ais'
oyerrued as II was In the Jaehnc case.
Peter Mitchell then opened the Tor the defence '
took the ground that Mr. MARITIME had shown an over
Jealous inct ONei by doing so on the evidence
two such dock rats DUFFY and Fullgrah 10 cOnvlc
the prisoner He took TO demand anacqutal at tnt
hands the Jury, but all his arguments aud extracts
tended To show IL not the desraby at least the reason
the characters Fullgra and Duffy and heaped abuse
upOn their heads He outlined the defence To Include
evidence that political and personal friends OF ONei hae
urged him support the OF the Broadway road
lou Fox would he produced TO show that McIOughlii
was the habit Of opening the door to the Aldermen
when they held secret meetings at his mousse lie I'm
pugned the testimony OF Katie Metz and referred TO tn
HIGH character OF the prisoner which w0nd Do destined
10 by some Of the best citizens of New-fork:
The court ad iourned until l0:1 ID q H. to-day.